Friendships
By: Micah Wu

Dale Carnegie always said, “You can make more friends in two months by
becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to
get other interested in you.” Talking to people and getting them to talk
about themselves is better than impressing your own self. Making friends
requires selflessness, honesty, time, helping. That’s what I think
is missing in this world right now.
These days the society in our country is different than it used to be.
There are even many ways for greetings like “What’s up!” “What going on?”…
Because of the way that the people say greetings to the other people when
they first meet each other, they sometimes get into fights. Like what you sometimes see happens in
Oakland because they always impress others. Also, Dale Carnegie said don’t
try to impress people or else you are not friends with them for that long A
time. Therefore, it requires selflessness in talking to other people.
Honesty is very important when talking to other people when first meeting
them, because if they find out that you lie to them they are not going to be
friends with you. That’s the first key to become successful. So just use
some time and wait. In that time, just try to be hanging out with them.
Until you think you are better friends with them and you may try to ask “Can
I come over to your house and play?” Unlike what most of the people now, who
shows off in like basketball “Ha-ha! You miss that shot.” and “Ha-ha! You
got a B on the test!” Instead, we should cheer for them, to not become
hateful to others. Meanwhile you should treat them with respect. Trustworthy
should be in your mind too because if you don’t trust them you can become
friends with them, instead you will become enemy.
Finally, helping is the last thing to be successful in friendships. For
example, recently you know someone who is moving; maybe you can ask
“can I help you?” Also you can ask “do I need to buy you some
Pizza before you move?” This is the key into success for friendships.
This is what countries around the world need
right now. Making friends requires time instead of just trying to impress
other because that is hurting them. So when you meet new
friends you should let them talk about themselves rather than trying to
impress yourself. This is what our world needs right now selflessness, honesty, time, and helping. This is what
I want the world to be like.